Archive for April, 2011
28/04/2011
WAIT – Work at Height Access Equipment Information Toolkit
If you don’t work at height very often or are unsure about which type of access equipment to use, it’s important that you assess the risks and select the right equipment for the job. The WAIT Toolkit is a great FREE tool to show you some possible solutions and should be part of your risk [...]
27/04/2011
Agriculture news bulletin
Spring is here and the work on the farm continues with, hopefully, better weather and lengthening days. Remember though to take care with machinery this spring, as some of the incidents in this month’s bulletin highlight the dangers involved. Other incidents reinforce the message to take care when working at height and there is also [...]
20/04/2011
M1 fire started deliberately, says London Fire Brigade
A fire that caused a section of the M1 to be closed for several days appears to have been started deliberately, the London Fire Brigade (LFB) has said. Friday’s blaze near a scrapyard under an elevated section of the motorway in Mill Hill, North London, saw lanes closed between junctions 1 and 4. The fire [...]
20/04/2011
Builder sent to prison for putting profit before safety
A builder has been jailed for four months for carrying out illegal gas repairs and leaving electric work in a state that posed a risk of death. The builder was contracted to build a granny flat at the rear of a house; he started work consistently failed to turn up to finish the job. The [...]
18/04/2011
What a great idea – an Annual health MOT
Nurses have called for a yearly health and well-being check up. Delegates at the Royal College of Nursing conference in Liverpool said the “MOT” could take place at the same time as their annual appraisals. The check-up, which would assess their physical and psychological health, would set a healthy example to patients, they said. Claire [...]
16/04/2011
Teachers’ damages payments revealed
These cases are examples of claims which saw teachers win millions of pounds in compensation in 2010 for accidents, injuries, assaults or unfair dismissal at school. A teacher won £200,000 in compensation after slipping on a grape, because the injury aggravated an existing hernia problem; he was eventually unable to work because of chronic pain. [...]
15/04/2011
Friday Fun!!
Happy Friday! Here’s a funny little video about managing health and safety in the 40s. Enjoy!
13/04/2011
South Yorkshire & Humber WWT – Asbestos Awareness Training
Spectrum Risk Management is a part of the Working Well Together Campaign; we are running two ½ day courses each day held at:- 25th May 2011 – Goole Leisure Centre, North Street, Goole, DN14 5QZ 26th May 2011 – Catch, Redwood Park Estate, Stallingborough, Grimsby DN14 8TH 2nd June 2011 – Barnsley Metrodome Leisure, Ground Queens Road, [...]
09/04/2011
Construction deaths rise as cuts are ushered in
The number of deaths in the construction industry rose by around 15 per cent last year, fuelling concerns that the cost-cutting measures being implemented by the HSE will reverse the downward trend of recent years. The regulator’s head of construction, Philip White, revealed the increase at a conference, indicating that competence – or lack of [...]
